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Could Pacific Spirit Park eventually be home to the Tallest Trees in the World?
One of my favourite bits to do on my Forest Walks begins by first asking participants what the tallest tree in the world is. Usually people are quick to answer that it is Redwoods in California. Some can even give the name of the tallest tree in the world: Hyperion.
Ryan Regier
May 155 min read
Why are there so many Living Stumps in Pacific Spirit Park?
In the opening of his popular 2015 book, The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben describes coming across what he thought was a moss covered stone in a forest, only to discover after removing the moss that it was actually tree bark. I’ll let Wohlleben describe what happens next
Ryan Regier
May 154 min read
Unravelling the mystery of the Douglas Fir Sugar Craze in the 1920s
In February 1920 the American Forestry Magazine ran the all-capital headline “DISCOVERY OF SUGAR ON DOUGLAS FIR”. The opening paragraphs of the article is worth reading for the pulsing excitement:
Ryan Regier
May 148 min read
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